Foxtrot Lessons with Ballroom Bliss

January 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2011 at 7PM

Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main St, South Yarmouth

508-394-7100

Website: www.cultural-center.org

January 4, 11, 18, & 25. Beginners at 7pm, intermediate at 8pm. Singles: $48, Couples: $80. High school / college students: $40. Hitting the streets of New York City in the 1920’s, the Fox Trot emerged as a lively, bouncing dance which America’s youth went wild over. The Fox Trot has evolved into a dance of social elegance, characterized by smooth, graceful and gliding movements and enjoyed by people of all ages. You can dance the Fox Trot to the music of the “crooners” like Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and contemporary artists such as Harry Connick and Michael Buble. To register, contact Doug McHugh at 508-760-4071 or E-mail ballroom_bliss@verizon.net.

Woods Hole Folk Music Society Concert Series Presents: Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen

January 2, 2011 at 7:30PM

Woods Hole Community Hall, 68 Water St, Woods Hole

508-540-0320

Website: http://arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic

All Concerts take place in the Woods Hole Community Hall, 68 Water Street, Woods Hole. All concerts begin at 7:30 PM, Doors open at 7:00 PM. Admission: $15 ($12 members; discounts for seniors, youth, and children).  Tickets at the door only, no advance sales. Concerts held every 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month.

Jan. 2, 2011: Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen: We’re pleased to welcome the return of this versatile duo. Cindy is a highly respected singer, songwriter and guitarist with a compellingly clear, powerful alto voice and long connections to Martha’s Vineyard. Grey is a singer and multi-instrumentalist, widely recognized as one of America’s finest players of Irish flute. Their repertoire features Cindy’s inspiring original songs, traditional Irish, old-time and Scandinavian fiddle tunes, and more. The music is deeply rooted in tradition, interwoven with the renaissance and baroque music in which both were immersed while growing up. But they also have a humorous side, as evidenced by their latest single, “Back When We Were All Machines.” Cindy and Grey blend their voices with crisp melodic guitar accompaniment, fiddle, flute, whistle, concertina, and harmonium, adding stories and anecdotes that put the music into a personal context. The result, as one reviewer said, “leaves an audience walking away smiling, uplifted, and humming a tune.”

Winter Magic: A Quality Antiques Show

January 1, 2011 at 10AM – 4PM

Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main St, South Yarmouth

508-394-7100

Website: www.cultural-center.org

A full-scale antiques show will feature known and esteemed dealers from Cape Cod and a few other locales. Antiques will include country furniture, nautical items, samplers, Canton China, Chinese Export, cut and pressed glass, folk art, paintings, chocolate molds, prints, hooked rugs, baskets, stoneware, decoys, Bennington pottery, and more. Plus a raffle for a $1000 prize-winning ceramic “Portrait of an American Bald Eagle” by Mario F. Fernandez (1984). All proceeds benefit the Cultural Center, a non-profit bringing “All the Arts for All of Us” to the greater Cape community since 2007. Light refreshments will be available. No one admitted until 10:00 am. Organized by Cultural Center members Charles and Barbara Adams. For further information call 508-394-7100. 
No early birds! $5 Admission.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays To All!

We at Captain’s Quarters, Surfside, and HarborWalk would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!  We hope it is a relaxing day spent with the best of friends & family!  There is still snow on the ground, so it looks like we will all enjoy a white Christmas here on Cape Cod.  The forecast looks as though we will have some snow and heavy wind on Sunday night as well as Monday.  Come down and enjoy playing in the snow on Cape Cod! 

Chatham Lighthouse Public Viewing

December 31, 2010

Chatham Lighthouse, Chatham

Website: www.lighthouse.cc/chatham/

12PM – 2PM

RULES: CHILDREN UNDER 5 NOT ALLOWED ABOVE BASE & Proper footwear required. Free admission. Reservations not required. NOTE: Climbing the lighthouse requires significant physical exertion on 44 steps followed by 8 steps on a ladder. Anyone not wishing to climb is welcome to visit the base of the lighthouse for a brief history. Tours may be cancelled due to inclement weather.

Candy Making Workshop

December 29, 2010

Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen, 6 Discovery Hill Rd, East Sandwich

508-888-6870

Website: www.thorntonburgess.org

1PM – 3PM

Families work together in the historic Green Briar Jam Kitchen making white marshmallow fudge, butterscotch pennies and chocolate truffles to take home. All materials are provided. Space is limited to a 5 person maximum per family. Children must be at least age 6 to work in the kitchen. The fee is $25 per family.  Advance registration is required by calling 508-888-6870.

Peter Cottontail’s Animal Tracking Class

 

 

December 29, 2010

Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen, 6 Discovery Hill Rd, East Sandwich

508-888-6870

Website: www.thorntonburgess.org

1PM – 3PM

Visit with Peter to discover winter signs of wild animals. Create plaster casts of common Cape Cod animals to take home. Explore along the Briar Patch Trail for signs of who is out and about.  Fee: $5.00

Buster Bear’s Afternoon Tea Parties

December 27, 2010

Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen, 6 Discovery Hill Rd, East Sandwich

508-888-6870

Website: www.thorntonburgess.org

4PM

Following the great success for last year’s event we have decided to do two encore presentations (Dec 27, 2010 & February 21, 2011). Bring your own Teddy and join us for honey cakes with honey yogurt topping and black birch tea. Listen to a special story time presentation about Buster Bear. Create a paper bag bear puppet to take home. Fee: $5.00

 

Annual Festival of Trees

December 26 & 27, 2010 and January 2 & 3, 2011

Nantucket Whaling Museum, 15 Broad St, Nantucket

Website: www.nha.org

1PM – 4PM

Under the imaginative eye of Wendy Hudson, chair, the Whaling Museum will once again be transformed into a festive winter wonderland.  This island tradition will feature around eighty brilliantly decorated trees designed by community members, local merchants, nonprofit organizations, artists, artisans, and schoolchildren. This season, the festival will remain open Thursday to Monday through December 20, and will reopen on Saturday, December 26 and 27, 1 – 4 P.M. and again January 2 and 3, 2011, 1 – 4 P.M. Admission is $15.00

Reggae Bash at the Beach House Restaurant

December 19

The Beach House Restaurant, 17 Nathan Ellis Hwy, Rte 151, North Falmouth

508-564-5029

Website: www.thebeachhouserestaurant.com

5PM

It’s 30 degrees outside, but it’s always summer at The Beach House! Cape Codders are invited to warm up with a little December reggae on Sunday, December 19. The Beach House will host a Reggae Bash featuring a Jamaican Buffet and live music. Chef Eric Lemonious, who incidentally is a native of Falmouth, Jamaica, will put out a buffet spread of his favorite dishes, including jerk chicken wings, jerk pork, red beans and rice and more. Soul Foundation, the Cape-based four piece band, will perform a mix of reggae and soul covers. Festivities start at 5 PM.

The Beach House is located on the corner of Routes 28A and 151 in North Falmouth. Visit http://www.thebeachhouserestaurant.com or call 508-564-5029  for more information.